Rantings of a New Yorker

Armed robbers in Atlanta, Georgia held up a sex shop and used the store’s kinky, fur handcuffs and leg irons to restrain the store’s employees. While the incident was captured on video, the masked men have gotten away with about $234 in cash.

In Salt Lake City, Utah, another idiot has done his family proud. He was upset that he couldn’t get his Burger King food his way. Staff at the Burger King informed him that, as a pedestrian, he couldn’t walk up to the drive thru and order food. He pounded on the glass and then went to a nearby payphone to call the police with a bomb threat at the Burger King. Unfortunately for him, the payphone was in sight of the Burger King employees. He was arrested a few minutes later.

In Dutch news, Annemarie Jorristma, a dutch MP, went on national TV and has demanded Dutch prostitutes for the troops so that they can relax. The idea is backed by the Dutch sex workers union. Ms. Jorristma worries that there aren’t enough ways for the troops to let off a little steam. There are only 2,000 Dutch soldiers stationed in Iraq but, apparently, most are pretty lonely and in need of some company.

Lastly, a Chinese university professor is being criticized for his naked lecture. His point was to challenge current taboos. The professor first had four models strip while he lectured. Then he invited his students to strip. And, not to be left out, the professor stripped off his pants as well. Okay, this is more funny to me than anything else but many of the students were uncomfortable and probably wasn’t a good idea for this professor to do.